Iran deploys Revolutionary Guards to quell 'sedition' in protest hotbeds
Source: Reuters
#WORLD NEWS JANUARY 3, 2018 / 3:12 AM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO
Iran deploys Revolutionary Guards to quell 'sedition' in protest hotbeds
Bozorgmehr Sharafedin
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LONDON (Reuters) - Irans elite Revolutionary Guards have deployed forces to three provinces to put down anti-government unrest after six days of protests that have rattled the clerical leadership and left 21 people dead.
The protests, which began last week over economic hardships suffered by the young and working class, have evolved into a rising against the powers and privileges of a remote elite, especially supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The unrest continued to draw sharply varied responses internationally, with Europeans expressing unease at the delighted reaction by U.S. and Israeli leaders to the display of opposition to Irans clerical establishment.
Defying threats from the judiciary of execution if convicted of rioting, protests resumed after nightfall with hundreds hitting the streets of Malayer in Hamadan province chanting: People are begging, the supreme leader is acting like God!
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